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SUMMARY of the THESIS Social Change Among the Jaunsari Tribes of Dehradun (Uttaranchal) SUMMARY OF THE THESIS Social Change Among the Jaunsari Tribes of Dehradun (Uttaranchal) Summary: A summary is a shorter version of the original. Such a simplification highlights the major points from the longer subject. The purpose of summary is to help the audience get the gist in a short period of time. So, a summary is a brief account that contains the main points of something. Therefore, the summary of the present studies are following- 1.1 Rationale of the Problem: In the recent years, the tribals living in different parts of India belong to various racial, linguistic, economic, social and religious categories, and among themselves, there are numerous inter-tribal differences. There is again, a wide range of variation in their levels of development and social mobility, participation in different spheres of national life and their level of socio-cultural integration. But there are also certain similarities. The tribal’s are as a whole area technologically and educationally backward. As observed by Sinha, the tribal’s are "Isolated in ecology, demography, economy, politics and other social behavior from other ethnic groups". N.Patnaik (1972) had done a study to understand the depth and development of tribes in socio-economic and political sphere and assess the benefits that have occurred in their life in Orissa state. Finally, he concluded that in all the cases, ignorance and illiteracy of the tribal have been the main factors. Lalan P.Gupta (1998) had done a study to highlight the Socio- economic background of the tribes as clients and the officials as change agents are conductive in the process of development administration in Darjeeling. He examined these programs through some changes among the tribes in almost all evidence. He found that the efforts made so far have not 1 been adequate to solve the basic problems of Poverty, illiteracy and exploitation of tribals. He concluded that the education is the most important factor in the development of any community. B.R.Pant (2003) focused in his study to highlight the magnitude of the malnutrition problem of the women in the Himalayan villages. It is a based on field survey majority of the sample women were found malnourished total 136 sample married women from each section of the society have been randomly selected from the 14 villages which are lying in different geophysical divisions of the Himalayan with the help of structured questionnaires. He concludes the health status of the people and women in particular has gone bad to worse. As a result of this 42.24% of the total sample women found suffer from various degrees of CED among them 14.47% were found to suffer from CED grade III (severe), 11.76% from CED grade II (mild) and 29.41% from CED grade I (moderate) from the malnutrition. The majority of the sample women were not aware regarding to their personal hygiene, food habits, personal sanitation etc. majority of them were residing in very unhealthy and unhygienic conditions. Y.S.Parmar (1975) had done a study to highlights the socio-economic background of the Himalayan Polyandry in western Himalayan society. And he examined the western Himalayan society, where the traditions institution, value and beliefs are changing fast. Polyandry is practiced by the upper level as well as the lower level. In the hill area agriculture land is scarce and its cultivation is exceedingly difficult. R.N.Saksena (1962) studied the khasas tribe of Jaunsar-Bawar in dehradun. He considered the Khasas to be Rajputs and studied them in relation to the Brahamins on the one hand and doms and other castes, on the other. He also examined at length the origin of polyandry in general and suggested that it might have spread to the Jaunsar-Bawar throgh the kangra vally, Saksena also refers the establishment of an extended of male jealousy and the high status given to the eldest brother, all other possible causes of disputes among the brothers that may split the family are eliminated. In a trend report on 'Tribal ethnography in India' by 2 L.P.Vidyarthi, writes on page No. 47-48,R.D.Sanwal suggests that, need to be studied for the whole of central Pahari region and then; on an inter- regional basis for the whole of the Himalayan region. He also refers to certain sociological features of the caste structure and suggests the need for intensive investigation involving not only the traditional type of social anthropological field-work, but also the processing of all the available records, reports etc. Moreover, on the pattern of the western Himalayas as indicated by Sanwal, the cultural linguistic zone of the central Pahari region need to be carefully carried out and a systematic study of its ecology, economy social stratification and religious, beliefs and practice need to be undertaken on a priority basis. Mainly, the social researcher had tried to focus upon the socio- economic development-taking place among the different tribes situated in various part of India. What problems do they face and also different efforts and plan made by the Indian Government for the upliftment and betterment of their life. Tribal life style is changing fast according to time and place. In the area of Jaunsari tribe, till today there are a lot of problems. How is Jaunsari tribe meeting these problems? The marriage system of this tribe also is changing due to social development and social mobility etc. The ancient marriage system (Polyandry system) of the tribe also is passing through the change. Social and cultural changes also are taking place in the tribe. And above describe in trend report need to be studied for the whole of central- western Himalayan region. Therefore, I want to study the following issues of the tribe. A great deal study has been done of these tribes but till today there are some important issues, which have not touched. These issues are what the main problems of Jaunsari in this area are. How is this tribe solving its problems and how is its marriage system changing and what changing is taking place in the ancient marriage system of tribe. Therefore, I select these topics for my research work having knowledge the importance of this topic regarding Jaunsari tribe under the research trends. 3 1.2 Statement of the Problem: In the light of the above background and problems the present study focuses on the following specific questions. 1. What is the socio-economic background of Jaunsari Tribes? 2. What are the main problems of Jaunsari existing in this area? 3. How are Jaunsari meeting there existing problems? 4. What changes are taking place in the marriage system of Jaunsari after meeting there existing problems? The First issue is social background; it includes age, sex, education qualification, type of family, religion, marital status and occupation of the Jaunsari tribes The Second issue is the main problems of Jaunsari in this area. I took some problems from this area such as: related to the problems of education, health facility, transport, agriculture, administration facility, employment and disaster etc. The Third issue takes into account, how are Jaunsari solving these existing problems by the education, by government plan, money order economy, Ayurveda facilities and mutual co-operation etc. The Fourth issue takes into account, what changes are taking place in the marriage system of Jaunsari tribe. There are three categories of marriages, but the difference among them is only of degree such as: Bawa, Boee daudee and bajdya.In this issue child marriage and polyandry will also be study. I have studied all the above issues in the actual empirical study in the context of Jaunsari tribe of Dehradun. 4 1.3. Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a preliminary or tentative explanation or postulate by the researcher of what the researcher considers the outcome of an investigation will be. It is an informed/educated guess. It indicates the expectations of the researcher regarding certain variables. It is the most specific way in which an answer to a problem can be stated. Hypothesis is a proposition which can be put to test to determine its validity. According to George A Lundberg, An Hypothesis is a tentative generalization the validity of which remains to be tested. In its most elementary stages the hypothesis may be handed, guess, imaginative idea or invitation whatsoever which becomes the basis of action or investigation afterwards. So, A hypothesis is important because it guides the research. The hypothesis of the present study In the light of the objective of this study, the hypothesis is- Not good socio-economic condition of jaunsari. Some main problems like as- education, transport, communication, employment, administration, hospitality and awareness etc. exist in this society but these problems are being faced by the education, urbanization, new technology, interaction to another educated people and money order economy etc. Education, awareness, multimedia, communication and new technologies etc are the major sources for social changes in the marriage system of Jaunsari. These changes can be seen in another caste group marriage. So, these hypothesis is a tentative generalization, the validity of which remains to be tested. 1.4 Area of Study: This study focused on the Jaunsari people. So, the area of present study is Jaunsari people of Kalsi block and urban area of district dehradun. Jaunsari a tribal group of Uttarakhand inhabitat in the Jaunsar-Bawar area of district dehradun. The Jaunsarie are associated with the ancient Khasas. It was included in the list of schedule tribes i.e. Jaunsar-Bawar by the 5 government of India in 1967. Jaunsar-Bawar constitutes the hilly part of the district. It lies between north latitude 30 31' and 31 3' 30" and east longitude 77 45' and 78 7'20" with an area of 343.5 squares miles.
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